Saturday, August 21, 2010

BGJHS LATINO CLUB HELPS IMPROVE GRADES, SELF-ESTEEM

This club is mentoring Latino kids and using their experiences to build self-confidence and help them get better grades in school too. - - Donna Poisl

from LEX18.com

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Growing up the child of Mexican immigrants in South Los Angeles, Sandra Light statistically was not supposed to make it.

She beat the odds.Now the Bowling Green Junior High School reading teacher wants to make sure her Latino students beat them, too.

Bowling Green Independent Schools has become one of the most diverse school districts in the state, but even second-generation immigrant children here still face struggles.
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